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VOL. IV.—NO. 41,
FREE
To the
BOYS AND GIRL
Any boy and any girl
bringing the largest number
of Cash Register Slips to my
drug store on NEW
YEARS DAY,
1898, will be presented
with a handsome present.
The boy will be presented
with a bran new
$10 Graphaphone.
The girl will be presented
with a
~ 510 DOLL
VISIT L. W. COOK,
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
THE BEST OUT OF FIVE
Patton Wins a Loosly Played Game from
Johnstown on Saturday.
The game of base ball played on
Woodvale grounds at Johnstown on
Saturday afternoon between Patton
and the Athletic club resulted in a
victory for our boys by a score of
15 to 13.
Manager Replogle, of the Johnstown
Athletic base ball club, can now use his
crape for their own door. Patton has
now won three games out of a possible
five, and four out of the five were
played on Johnstown’s own grounds.
Being unable to get the Athletic club
to play «i Patton, our boys willingly
played on their own grounds and even
allowed Mr. Horten to umpire. Mr.
Tommins, who shut Huntingdon out
28 to 0, lasted,only four innings, when
he was replaced by Sibley, who twirled
a good game, although his support was
not up to the standard.
“Shorty,” the base ball ‘‘editor” (?)
| of the Johnstown Democrat, is having
{a hard time figuring out some excuse
umpire, as he was chosen by that club
! especially for this game.
Gleaned Here and There by,
Succe
PATTON, CAMBRIA CO., PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1897.
SsSor to
COOK, SALMOND & COWDEN,
CIRCUS COMING.
nn Well-Known Rob Hunting Will Exhibit
in Patton.
The season brings no more attractive
| feature than the visit of the circus.
| The familiar smell of the sawdust, the
sight of the time-honored ring, the glit-
| ter of spangles and uniform, and the
| blare of the brass bands act liké a tonic
{upon the amusement seekers weary
with theatricals and disgusted with
farce. The circus is the place to renew
{one’s lost youth, with its illusions, its
{easily gratified tastes and eagerness to
| be pleased. You will go this year and
| next just the same, and enjoy it with
| the same heartiness.
| Hunting’s new Railroad Shows will
| exhibit in Patton, Tuesday, September
| 21.
In previous seasons Hunting’s show
| gave immense satisfaction and received
| hight plaudits everywhere, but this
| year’s efforts will eclipse all former
| ones. There are no triple rings or
| triple performances to distract the at-
| tention, but all attractions will be pre-
| sented in one ring and will comprise
[the best talent and the most daring |
acts.
Heretofore circus and street parade
have been synonymous terms, but the
| management of this show have had the
| onrage of their convictions, and the
money a parade would cost they have
(used in perfecting the features in the
| at prices of admission so reasonable as
| to be within the reach of all,
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
From a Stectel Correspondent
to the “ Courier.”
PRESIDENT AT HOME.
An Increase of Eight Xr Cent. in the U.
S. Postoffices.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13th, 1897.—
President icKinley returned to
Washington today for the purpose of
holding a Cabinet meeting, discussing
Cuban matters with Consul General
Lee, and disposing of some pressing
public business, after which he will go
away again, probably to New England,
to remain until about the first of Octo-
ber.
The suit for an injunction to prevent
the Postmaster General from reducing
an employe of his department was
argued before Judge Cox, of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Colum-
bia on Saturday. The Judge took the
papers and stated that he would an-
nounce his decision in a few days, It
is believed that he will sustain the right
of the head of a department to change
or remove any of the employes at his
discretion, by refusing the injunction
| asked for. Whatever the decision, the
! case will be appealed and carried to the
for defeat. He cannot lay it to the ring and presenting them to the public | United States Supreme Court.
| According to the returns from thirty
| of the largest postoffices, the business
Now boys and girls get a Manager Dale is endeavoring to get| This year Mr. Hunting has reduced | of which has been regarded as a trust-
hustle on and see who will re- | ome good games this fall, but we | the price of admission to his excellent Br ] )
ists want something harder to beat than show to the unprecedented prices of 10 | ness conditions of the country, things
ceive the reward.
BE=Call and ask for par-|
ticulars.
(. W. Hodgkins,
Patton Pharmacy.
Headquarters for
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Stationery, Confectionery,
Cigars #8 Tobacco.
Man works from Sun to Sun;
Whoman’s work has long been done,
An American Washer has been her
oon, >
She finishes her wash before it’s noon.
Buy one of
J. E. KIRK
’
HARDWARE CO.
PAIGE. - $3.25
Wringers............... $1.40 & 2.75
.55 & 1.00
70 & 2.50
Wash Boards, Clothes Bask-
- ets, Lines and Pins.
Tin Cans, Doors,
Fruit Jars, Sash,
Jelly Glasses, Paints,
Preserving Oils,
Kettles, Agate,
Ice Cream Tin,
Freezers, Wooden,
Churns, Willow,
Miners’ Earthen and
Supplies, Hardware.
Stoves,
Ranges and
Furnaces.
Anything
Everything
in above lines
I can supply
you with.
J: E. KIRK
in such games,
i Our boys played fair ball and were
| strictly in the game at all times.
Reilly caught a good game for Johns-
| town, and Murphy caught a fine game
| for us, his throwing being something
| extraordinary.
| Kinkead played his usual good game.
Reilly and Sutch pitched very fine
{article of ball and had the J. A. C. at
| their mercy. :
Harshberger hit the ball over the left
| field fence with two men on bases.
| Following is the score in detail:
Johnstown HPO AE
Mginhart, rf, 2b. 2
Kinkead,
SL
OID we
ht et © et 0D 1D et pe
Patton, 2. Two base
Creight, Sibley, Neary,
Harshberger.
hits—Kinkead 3, Mec-
Clymer. Home run—
Sacrifice hits—Haws 2, Mec-
Creight, essner, Murphy. Stolen bases—
Mainbart, Kinkead McCreight, Clymer 2,
Murphy, Sutch.
Double plays—Suteh, ®.
Dale and W, Dale. Bases on ba Is—Mainhart,
Wessner, R. Reilly, W. Dale 2, Murphy, D.
Dale. Struck out—Mainhart, R. Reilly, Bai-
ley, Sibley, Tommins 2, Alt, W. Dale, Neary,
Clymer, Murphy 2, D. Dale, M. Reilly 2, Suteh,
Passed balls—R. Reilly 2, Murphy 8, Wild
itches — Sibley 1. Time — 2:10, Umpire —
orten.
LATER—Shorty has found an excuse
for defeat—blames it on the players
from Somerset, Flint, Michigan, and
other places. Now, how many players
did you have from away ? You surely
had Reilly, Patton’s catcher; Me- |
Creight, 2d baseman for Somerset; |
Sibley, pitcher from Indiana State
Normal, and Haws from Somerset.
Why don’t you take your defeat like
true sports and not try to ‘crawfish’
out of it like little boys?
Large Shipments.
During the month of August the
Patton Clay Manufacturing company
shipped 115 cars of sewer pipe from
their works in Patton, besides a con-
siderable amount of other products
manufactured at their plant. The
works are running full time and the
shipments for the month of September
may exceed the above mentioned num-
ber. The large stone quarry, which is
located a short distance north of Pat-
ton, and which is operated by Geo. S.
Good & Co., railroad contractors,
shipped, during the month of August,
125 cars of cut stone. Both these
enterprises employ a large number of
skilled men and the pay roll at the end
of each month foots up a large amount
of money, which i# naturally put into
2
1
0
Goff, m 3}
R. Reilly, ¢, 111
Jailey, 1,. 17
Tommins, p, 1 10
Sibley, p,. 100
Totals.... u 24 10 10
Patton. HPO AE
Alt, 3, S031
W. Dale, 0912
Neary, 1f 1 030
Clymer, m, 2610
Murphy, c,.. 0702
Harshberger, rf, cf. 101
D. Dale, 2, 1332
Gray, rf... 100 04
M. Reilly, If, 2.110
Sutch, ss, p. 2051
Totals.... 132717 9
Johnstown... 30225100 0-13
Patton...... w.0 4500 3380 x—15
SUMMARY: Earned runs—Johnstown, 2;
i under twelve, 10 cents.
|
: 10 cents extra.
Reserved seats,
Attempted Suicide.
{ The Altoona Tribune of Tuesday
| morning says : H. IL Fagan, of Carroll
town, a man aged 25 years, made a
| ludicrous attempt at self-destruction at
the Bell house, Bellwood, Monday
morning. Before going to bed Fagan
instructed the proprietor to call him at
6:30 o’clock in the morning. When an
attempt was made to do so he could
not be aroused. The room was finally
entered and the occupant was found to
be seated at a table with a pen in his
2 hand. One letter, recently written,
2 was found to be addressed to his mother,
(and a second, though unaddressd, was
jevidently written to a lady friend.
!Both contained maudlin statements
that he was about to die by his own
{hand. In the ceiling of the room it was
[found that Fagan had placed a screw
| eye and a rope with a noose in it lying
nearby attested that he was about to
choose this route over the range.
School Notice.
At a meeting of the Patton School
Board held September 3rd the follow-
ing rule was adopted to become a part
of the Rules and Regulations govern-
ing Teachers and Pupils in the Public
Schools:
“Pupils residing outside the district
who desire to attend Patton Schools
will be required to make application to
the Board before being admitted, and
| mediate departments, $1.00 per month;
Joseph A. Baker, R. S. Reed, Lewis G.
Dutton, C. F. Camp, M. W. Enyeart
and John H. Shrite. The president is
Samuel P. Langdon.
liably informed that a movement is
being made to organize a Rugby foot-
ball team in Patton.
will be perfected in about a week. It
is expected that several games will be
arranged with Altoona, Tyrone and
Huntingdon the coming fall.
if admitted will be required to pay
tuition as follows: Primary and Inter-
Grammar department, $1.50 per
month; High School, $2.00 per month.
No pupil will be admitted without
paying tuition as above who cannot
show legal residence within the School
District.
Harrisburg, Sept. 14.—A charter was
issued this morning to the Pittsburg,
Johnstown, Ebensburg and Eastern
Railroad company, the line of which
will be 60 miles long. It will connect
with the Beech Creek railroad, with
the right to construct branches to coal
mines or other railroads. The capital
is $1,600,000, and the incorporators are
all Philadelphians: Samuel P. Lang-
don, G. T. Simonton, S. B. McDowell,
Rugby Football,
The COURIER reporter has been re-
Arrangements
This
worthy barometer of the general busi-
Johnstown, as our people loose interest {and 20 cents—Adults 20 cents ; children j are getting a decided move on them
{and the country has crossed the line
{ which separated it from prosperity.
i The business of these thirty postoffices
|
{ 1897, than it was in the same month |
|last year. A comparison of 1897 with
| 1896 shows, in January, a decrease of
| 8.5 per cent. ; in February, a decrease
| of 4.5 per cent. ; March, an increase of
2.2 per cent. ; April, an increase of 5
| per cent. ; May, an increase of 7 per
cent; June, an increase of 5 per cent.and
July, of 3 per cent. The jump to a
clean 8 per cent increase in August is
considered something extraordinary.
Somewhat of a sensation in official
circles followed the report telegraphed
from Charleston, S. C. that a Spanish
spy had been making sketches of the
fortifications for the protection of
| Charleston harbor and of other fortifi-
| cations on the Southern coast, although
{no official will discuss the matter for
publication. Although Congress has
provided that no outsiders shall be ad-
mitted to any fortification belonging to
the government, without a special per-
mit from the officer in command of it,
there are, according to Army officers,
comparatively easy ways in which in-
{ formation may, from time to time, be
obtained abou}! our fortifications. Con-
gress invariably attaches to all appro-
priations for fortifications; a stipulation
that the work shall be done by contract,
to be given to the lowest responsible
bidder, and whenever any workls to
be done upon any fortification, bids
have to be asked for. Every man who
expresses his intention to bid for the
work, must see where the work is to be
done, and must have access to all the
plans and specifications. That is one
of the easy ways of finding out about
our fortifications, and there are others,
too numerous to mention. Old Army
officers regard it as impossible to keep
such things secret in this country, when
all the European countries have failed
in their attempts to do the same thing.
They say that our War department
gets about all the information it wants
about the fortifications in other coun-
tries, and they assume that the other
countries can do the same about ours.
It is altogether likely that Spain, and
other countries, are constantly repre-
sented within our fortifications, by men
seeking and getting informatien, but
nobody need loose any sleep on account
of the practice.
The Treasury Department is work-
ing through all of its agents in that
section to keep Americans from ventur-
ing into the Klondyke gold regions,
until after travel opens next Spring, in
order to save them from certain starva-
tion that will await many of them who
succeed in getting in this fall.
Bicycle Races at Carrolltown.
Besides the many attractions at the
Carrolltown Fair next week will be a
| was eight per cent, greater in August!
'
THE PATTON COURIER.
ALTOONA,
$1.00 PER YEAR.
PENNA.
EBENSBURG LETTER.
News “Gathered at Cambria
County’s Capital,
EBENSBURG, Pa., Sept. 13, 1897.
A. E. Fyan, of Bedford, Bedford
county, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Ebensburg.
John M. Topper, of New Baltimore,
spent Thursday in our town.
There were dances at Lake Rowena
on Thursday and Friday evenings.
Walter Shoemaker, of this place, is
in Pittsburg attending the Exposition.
Quite a number of Ebensburgers at-
tended the State Fair in Johnstown on
Thursday and Friday.
Miss Maude Richardson, who has
been in Braddock the past few months,
returned to her home in this place on
Saturday.
Annie McBreen, of Ebensburg,
entered the convent of St. Joseph in
this place on Wednesday evening,
Mrs. Groat, who shot Daniel Mec-
Cawley, of Johnstown, some time ago,
was sentenced on Saturday to serve 2
years and 8 months in the Western
Penitentiary. .
Jos. Henger left at 6 o'clock this
morning on his wheel for Pittsburg.
Ebensburg will have a general sew-
age system. It was decided by special
election held here on Tuesday last.
Ed. H. Craver, who has been in at-
tendgnce at the Sandusky City Busi-
ness College the past summer, returned
home on Saturday evening for a few
weeks’ vacation.
Richard E. Russell, of Philadelphia,
and Miss Ada Peach, of this place, will
| be married at 6 o'clock on Wednesday
{ morning. After a wedding breakfast
at the home of the bride’s parents
they will leave on the 7:35 train for
Philadelphia and go immediately to
their own house, which has already
[been fitted for their occupancy.
Important
{ Base Ball at Glen Hope,
C. J. Keagy, of Glen Hope, has
about as good a base ball ground as
can be found within Clearfield county,
and he has not been sparing of money
in order to fit it up in fine shape for the
coming games that are soon to be
played in that place. On Friday he
has arranged for two excellent games.
In the forenoon at 10 o’clock the Patton
club will play Morrisdale boys for a
purse of $200, and in the afternoon at
2 o'clock Patton will measure bats with
the Tyrone team for a purse of $400,
The COURIER has been authorized to
state that the money is in the hands of
a stakeholder for both games, and all
those who enjoy seeing first-class ball
played should not fail to go to Glen
Hope Friday.
Township School in Patton.
The school directors of Carroll town-
ship have leased the Swegish church on
West Magee avenue in Patton borough
and will be fitted for the purpose of
holding a township schoo! in the com-
ing term, which commences about the
first of October. It was deemed nec-
essary by the board to have the school
in the borough as it is more of a center
for the pupils to attend than any other
place in this portion of their district. It
is quite probable that a new school
building will be erected some where in
the borough in the near future, as the
lease of the church is only for this
school term. Miss Dunegan has been
selected as teacher.
A Women Sentenced to the Pen,
Probably the most important case at
Ebensburg Court last week was that of
Mrs. Nellie Groah, or Stewart, the
woman from Allegheny who attempted
to kill Dan McAuley of Woodvale, by
shooting him in the right lung. She
had entered a plea of guilty of felonious
assault and battery earlier in the week
and she was brought into court Satar-
day forsentence. The Judge sentenced
her to pay a fine of $100 and the costs
and to serve two years and eight months
in the Western penitentiary. Mrs.
Groah is the first woman to be sent to
the penitentiary from Cambria county
in a number of years.
Stage to Cherrytree.
W. W. Lucas, a resident of this
place, is making arrangements to run
a hack or stage from Patton to Cherry-
tree and return every day in the week
except Sunday. The route laid out
will be by way of Hastings, Spangler,
Barnesboro and Garman’s Mills. This
will be a good movement and will
afford much better transportation to
these points than we now have. No
doubt traveling salesmen will hail the
buyers.
Closing Out to Quit Business.
fail to come,
HARDWARE CO.
circulation in this immediate vicinity.
Miss M. A. Simelsberger, the milliner,
who has her store in the Hodgkins
block on Fifth avenue, will sell her en-
tire stock of millinery goods, notions,
ete., at cost until Saturday noon, when
an auction will be held in her store
until Saturday night at 12 o'clock.
Here is a chance for a bargain, don’t
game furnishes great amusement and
is quite exciting at times. It is hoped
that the scheme will not fall through.
"Toe Smashed.
On Wednesday morning Daniel
Peters, who is a driver at the Patton
Clay Manufacturing company’s works,
met with a painful accident by having
the large toe on his left foot smashed.
The injury was caused by a mine car
accidently passing over it.
i
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bicycle race, 5 mile dash, for a purse of
$25 divided as follows : $10, $7, $5 and
$3. Entrance fee, five per cent. with
five per cent. additional from winners.
The Fair will also have a greased pig
and the person catching and holding it
shall be entitled to a purse of $2. The
former is scheduled Thursday, and the
latter for Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. gma Ra
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
new venture with delight.
Spirited Journalism,
That enterprising county seat jour-
nal, the Ebehisburg Mountaineer, last
week published the entire address of
Hon. Webster Davis, which was made
by that distinguished gentleman at
the Ebensburg fair on Friday, Septem-
tember 3.¢ The paper also contained
an elegant cut of Mr. Davis. This
The famous little pills.
shows enterprise manifested in the
right spirit. ‘
Net to P. O.,
TEN THOUSAND NOW (0T.
The Anthracite Coal Strike
Rapidly Spreading.
QUIETNESS © REIGNS.
The State Malitia Has No Trouble With
the Strikers.
Hazleton, Pa., September 14.—De-
spite a varity of alarming rumors and
a morning movement by a body of
miners which looked formidable, to-day
passed off without serious disturbance
in the strike region. Matters still wear
such an uncertain aspect, however,
that General Gobin declars that the re-
moval of the troops or of any portion
of them has not been contemplated.
The strike itself is spreading with great
rapidity. Exact estimates of the num-
ber of men who have quit work are
hard to obtain, but conservative figures
place it at close to 10,000, with indica-
tions that within a short time every
colliery of importance in the region
will be idle. Although some disposition
has been shown by small bodies of
strikers in the outlying districts to
make demonstrations, they have been
of a rather feeble character, and the
great majority of the men are docile.
These mines are now idle: Coxe
Bros. & Co’s., Eckley, Beaver Meadow
and Oneida, about 2,000 men ; Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre Coal compe yyig,
Honey Brook and Audenried mines,
about 2,500, Frank Pardee’s, Cran-
berry and Crystal Ridge, 1,100 ; Lehigh
Valley Coal company’s, Hazle mines,
Yorktown, Jeansville and Audenried,
3,000 ; Calvin Pardee & Co’s., Lattimer
and Harwocd, 2,000.
The twenty miners who were shot
and killed by the Sheriff and deputies
during the riot were buried on Tuesday
after very touching ceremonies. All
who were killed were foreigners—Poles,
Hungarians and Slavish.
To Squirrel Hunters.
The . Johnstown Democrat says that
under the old game law the season for
hunting squirrels was from September
1 to December 31. The new law, enact-
ed by the last general assembly, how-
ever, makes an important change in
the matter of time. Squirrels can now
only be killed from October 15to De-
cember 15. Some of omy gontemporar-
ies are making the erroneous announy®
ment that the squirrel shooting season
opens September 1, having evidently
failed to note the change under the new
law. Hunters should be careful as to
the difference in dates, otherwise it may
prove a costly lesson. Under the new
act the killing or having in one’s pos-
session squirrels out of season is pun-
ishable by a fine of $10 for each squirrel.
For the Schools.
Supt. T. L. Gibson has received about
250 copies of Smull’s Legislative Hand-
book for distribution among the public
schools, (excepting the primary grades)
which he will place in the hands of the ~
teachers during his annual visit to the
schools. The books are furnished by
State in accordance with the provisions
of an Act of the last Legislature.—
Mountaineer.
Over 400 Enrolled.
Prof. T. J. Fulton informs the Covu-
RIER that the Patton public schools
have enrolled over 400 pupils since the
opening, which was on Tuesday morn-
ing of last week. The teachers are
meeting with encouragement and much
interest is manifested by all concerned.
How close money mat-
ters are with most people.
We are prepared for close
A good dresser is
very particular about his
clothes. He insists that
they should fit him ex-
actly and be of the very
best material. So we in-
vite you to call and inspect our
goods and prices before
placing your order, as we
can show you the
Largest
Line ever seen in North
Cambria and at prices that
will suit you.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Dinsmore Bros.,
PATTON, PAH.